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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1920
Page
12
A whimsical narration features Lady Bug as lecturer addressing an audience of Lady Bugs. She extols free wonders from birds to flowers, requests simple props, and jokes about preparations and Europe travel hassles while praising the value of free knowledge.
An 1918 testimonial from G. H. Bunn of Terre Haute recounts coal dust settling in his lungs causing coughing and pain until climate changes and Milks Emulsion eased symptoms. The ad claims the product cleanses dust, improves appetite, aids digestion, builds strength, and guarantees refunds for six bottles. Sold by druggists nationwide.
In Franklin the ten-year-old son of Rev Rhys Price Jones of the First Presbyterian church declines to sing America with the primary class. He objects to the line Land where my fathers died saying My father didn't die and I won't sing it. The Indianapolis News reports the incident.
A jumble of old ads and odd anecdotes describes Salts for kidney cleansing and backache relief, praised as a harmless remedy. It blends product pitches for Jad Salts with unrelated domestic vignettes and a mock legal oath fragment from Cheney Co. to illustrate the era’s chaotic ad clutter.
U S Department of Agriculture workers conducted over 22 million inspections and supervised more than ten million sheep dippings last fiscal year. Cooperation with state officials helped wipe out cases in Montana and North Dakota, with Idaho’s outbreak brought under control. The disease has chiefly affected the western United States.
The Better Stock crusade reports that cattle and swine keeping are almost inseparable on farms. It notes many farmers raise both to boost profits, especially with purebred sires, and aims to map optimal meat-animal combinations, including cattle with sheep and swine with sheep. It also seeks to spread wide experience to small operators.
Silage is an economical feed for beef cattle with high value as feeders learn its merits. Though unbalanced if fed alone it blends well with concentrated feeds like meal or cottonseed meal to form a strong ration for fattening cattle.
The text emphasizes ewe care and proper feeding as crucial to lamb quality. Treat the ewe as the machine through which the lamb gains marketable traits, underscoring the farmer's focus on nourishment and management.
A fragmented historical note stresses proper feeding of ewes and hogs, urges use of a self feeder for fattening, and highlights salt as vital in cold months. It references breeder returns and locality advantages for better livestock management.
A Paris correspondent notes a craze for penguin themed ceramics in houses and windows. Penguin porcelain coffee pots and related items draw admiration for their detailed forms and quirky charm. The collection features a plump coffee pot with a penguin head and a milk jug shaped like a penguin egg, with a younger slimmer penguin as the cup.
An advertisement claims Freezone removes corns and calluses painlessly with a few drops from a tiny bottle. It says the product works instantly to lift the corn or callous from the skin without pain. Also contains a dental joke about avoiding gas during tooth extraction and paying more later.
An advertisement touts Othine double strength to remove freckles. It urges readers to apply a fraction of an ounce nightly and morning for a clear complexion, promising money back if it fails, and notes occasional ounces needed.
An ad filled column promotes Cascarets as a gentle laxative that works overnight and avoids irritation unlike salts and calomel. The page also includes a snippet of prose and a humorous exchange about subscription notices and making money through advertising.
Mrs. Gertrude Bushard praises Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription for use over twenty years. She says it kept her in fine condition during pregnancy and eased afterbirth with little suffering. She notes it helped in middle life and relieved heat flashes and dizziness. She also values Dr. Pierce’s Medical Book the People’s Common Sense Medical Advisor.
Mrs BD L Erwin of 410 Fourth Ave South praises Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription after thirty years of use. She reports many years of benefit and notes she has recommended it to others who were satisfied.
A brief exchange shows a telephone operator noting that very few people would rather be silent than talk, with the quip that the only folks who choose silence are on the wires.
An ad asserts Relief from blazing skin diseases can end itching by cleansing the blood. It claims a remedy called 8, 8 cleanses the blood and kills germs while boosting overall health and invites readers to write to the Chief Medical Adviser at 100 Swift Laboratory, Atlanta, Ga.
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